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by Lucadg 7y ago
I learned Frontpage in 2000 in a King's Cross (Sydney) internet cafe where you paid 2 AUD for unlimited time...but you couldn't leave, not even to go to the toilet. That html went straight to Geocities. The feeling of power part o
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by Lucadg 7y ago
The gas is not for transactions. It pays the Ethereum network to execute the smart contracts. The idea is to have a decision making app where no one controls the app itself.
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by Lucadg 7y ago
I've been experimenting with Colony and other similar software in the past months in the hope to let the community decide on some aspects of our project. In my opinion we are still a few years away from something usable but the concept
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by Lucadg 7y ago
I remember being a guest in a polish family on Christmas 1989. We brought oranges from Italy for the trip. We didn't think it was going to be a great gift for them. They hadn't managed to get oranges that year. It was literally an
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by Lucadg 7y ago
Bigger may be better. After all these devices are hard to use in part because if the tiny screens. Since most of the time you don't carry them in your pocket it does not appear to be a problem if they are bigger.
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by Lucadg 7y ago
They are different products. Here's another way to put it: as the vacation rentals industry solve these problems it becomes even more attractive.
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by Lucadg 7y ago
That's one of the best solutions when possible. Low tech, low cost, high usability. Unfortunately in many cities, particularly in Europe, you are not allowed to stick a lock on the wall of the building.
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by Lucadg 7y ago
In that case you are the first trying to solve a problem, thus creating a new market. What I meant is that I notice a herd mentality in VCs. Particularly in Vacation Rentals there's many problems waiting to be solved and yet it seems e
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by Lucadg 7y ago
In Bangkok you should be able to leave your luggage long term in Kaho San Road at some hotels. At least that's what I used to do.
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by Lucadg 7y ago
well, there's also the danger in getting in the conference trail and going to too many of them. So I'd stick to one or two and prepare them well. I absolutely love VRWS which this year is in France in October. It's the best
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by Lucadg 7y ago
Yes but that works for secrets too. I can understand not everyone knows about this but calling it a secret seems a stretch.
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by Lucadg 7y ago
So you need to leave the suitcase for extended periods like weeks or months? That's very interesting, I'm sure more and more people will need this in the future. How much would you expect to pay?
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by Lucadg 7y ago
I've never heard of you in the VR space but you seem to have a nice product. Do you go to conferences? Let me know if you need some tips, I'll be happy to share.
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by Lucadg 7y ago
This. It's an issue both before and after the stay.
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by Lucadg 7y ago
Keynest: get the key from a shop. Keycafe:get the key from a self service box in a shop. Keesy: get the key from a machine. Vikey: keyless. Enter with a code. And many many more. At Host London exhibition there were at least ten new ones.
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by Lucadg 7y ago
This is a pretty vibrant space with many startups trying to solve the problem. It's been sparked by the raise of Airbnbs which rarely offer luggage storage. A similar trend is in self checkin solutions. It's interesting to note th
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by Lucadg 7y ago
How is that a secret? Honest question as I assumed it's common knowledge
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by Lucadg 7y ago
I'm going abroad all the time and I'm sure this wouldn't work anyway. Last time I was in their office I realized how backwards they are.
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by Lucadg 7y ago
What if you are abroad? My debit card was recently blocked and I had to wait until I went back, walked in the bank and show my face and ID.
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by Lucadg 7y ago
I probably have a too much romantic memory of them :) Anyway, it was easy to come back to a specific topic, so it was easier to find good ones. You could bookmark them, see the number of views/replies or even find them in search engine
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by Lucadg 7y ago
Exactly. Forums optimize for quality content and this makes it hard to monetize them because when you found the good stuff you are not going to click on ads. Also, mobile which is not ideal for long conversations helped their demise. Still,
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by Lucadg 7y ago
Reddit is probably the closest thing to a forum. I guess having a separate domain in a website owned by people rather than one run by a big company allows for a more intimate environment.
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by Lucadg 7y ago
Yes, we didn't leave our brains behind. The environment in modern social media rewards the wrong type of interaction.
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by Lucadg 7y ago
> What would be a network which allowed for more thoughtful discourse We used to have this and it was called forum (phpbb and such). They have been oblitared and we moved to Facebook apparently leaving our brains behind. In reality we ar
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by Lucadg 7y ago
> 1. Trinet for full-time remote/distributed workers Dao software such as Aragon and Daostack may be the ones which make this real. A lot of the complexity in running distributed teams is connected to the sorry state of internationa
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by Lucadg 7y ago
The convenience to be able to say: "we didn't take the decision, the algorithm did" is the holy grail of non accountability. I wouldn't be surprised if someone, especially in business, is actively opposing transparent AI
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by Lucadg 7y ago
You're missing out. I think it has to do with depth. A real world parallel: I recently travelled by car with no internet access with a friend for 3 days. The level and depth of the conversation was surprisingly high because we could bu
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by Lucadg 7y ago
Origin Protocol Dapp is a good use case. Non speculative, uses DAI for payments. Not a lot of traction yet, but definitely vibrant.
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by Lucadg 7y ago
Amazing. I'm not sure "contrarian thinking" is the right expression but you both definitely proved that value is often where no one is looking. Your intuition was certainly good but her move was probably even smarter: she fou
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by Lucadg 7y ago
I agree. In my case it's not ethics as I enjoy working hard, but as it gets less interesting and goes in growth phase I'm already chasing the next idea.

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